Burial device.



Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

S. S. BRIGKBR. BURIAL DEVIS-t' APPLIGATION FILED JULY 17, 1912. 1,051,386.

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I j floor of eachcrypt is 55 tially flat and 'horizonta' and may be prodrainage grooves;

'UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l, SAMUELv S. BRICKER, Cif-PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of `Letters Patent.

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Patented 32111284913.

applicati@ :neav Iu1y'17,;191a. serial No. 709,359.

izing the escaping gases ;A to provide an im- 1 proved deodorizer and disinfector; and toy provide other improvements, las\will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of a mausoleum, constructed in accordance with this invention and adapted to contain a plurality of bodies; and Fig. 2 a fragmentary vertical section of a burial receptacle, constructed in accordance with this invention x and adapted to contain but a -single body.

Referring to the drawings, one embodiment of this invention comprises, as illus- 'trated in Fig. 1, a plurality of air-tight crypts or cells 1, each adapted to contain a single body and each provided at one end with a removable door or closure 2.- These crypts may eachbe made of cement, to p ro- 'vide a monolithic structure, o-r may be made ofany suitable material, and are preferably arranged in one or more vertical series resting upon a base or foundation 3, the foundation being preferably made of cement in monolithic form. The front end of each crypt 4ispreferably' provided beneath its 4o door with a suitable forwardly projecting shelf 4, to facilitate the insertion of a casket into the crypt, and to serve as 4a support for flowers.'

For permitting the escape of gases froml A '45 the crypts 1,- and for deodorizing and disinfectin theescaping ases, each crypt 1 referably t rough its rear end wall and ajacent its lower side or licor,

with an outlet pipe 10, which is controlled A outside of the crypt by a valve 11, of any suitable construction, which may be opened.

-enclosed manually at will, as occasion may require. The upper inner surface of the referably substanvided with a p -urality of 12', extending longitudinally thereof and slightly inclined or increasing slightly in depth from the frontend of the crypt toward its rear. end, and communicating at theirrear ends with a transverse groove 13, which is inclined Afrom its opposite ends toward the outlet 10, to facilitate the flow of seepage from the crypt toward and into the outlet pipe 10. The outlet pipes 10 communicate through the valves v11 with a downwardly extending discharge pipe or' conduit 15, the lower end of which `projects downwardly below 'the upper surface ofthe foundation 3 and terminates in a recess or well 16, arranged in the 'upper surface of the base 3 and in the rear ofthe rear ends of the crypts 1, the base 3 bein extended" rearwardly for this purpose. T e well 16 is covered 'and hermetically sealed by means of a suitable closure 17, which is provided with a tubular inlet 18, which is closed by means of an upwardlyjremovable stopper 19, the stopper 19 being preferably threaded i-nto the tubular inlet 18.

The crypte 1 are preferably inolosed in a suitable outer casing or structure 20, spaced therefrom, and a vertical tubular outlet 21 is preferably arranged between the casing 20 and the crypte, to convey gases from the well 16 upwardly through the top of the casing 20 and into the surrounding atmosphere. -The well 16 is preferably charged or filled with any suitable vgermicide, but preferably with a suitable solution of potassium bichromate and corrosive sublimate, or with any other suitable liquid or fluid.

However, when employing the solution mentioned, it is preferable tofprovide a container composedof a material which .will

not -be corroded or attackedgthereby. Inasmuch as cement is, generally. speaking, not

affected by the action of clei'mcals such as are employedfor deodorizinor disinfecting purposesf'the base upon w ich the series of-` cells is supported, and which is ordinariIy-made of cement,' is preferably eX,

tended .beyond the side of lthe cell resting directlyfth'e'reupon, for a sufficient distance Y to form therein-a wellor chamber in which a powerful liquid. germicide maybe contained. This arrangement, moreover, provides 1nadd1t1on a convenient way of locatin the container or receptacle for the germici ein a (position-directly beneath the discharge en of the combined gas and seepage conduit, so that the products of decomposition may be conducted. directly into the practically all of the free oxygen originally -germicide The lower end of the discharge contained in the cell willv either have been pipe 15 leading from the crypts extends be consumed in 'forming carbon dioxid `fromv low the lower end of thev tubular outlet 21, some of ythe carbon contained in the body,

the lower end of the pipe 15 being preferor will have been expelled from the 'cell, 70 ably spaced slightly above the bottom of the mixed with other ases,.and the body will well 16, andthe lower end of the tubular thus be protected -rom further decomposil*outlet 21 terminating preferably adjacent tion. l

the under surface of the closure 17 ofthe When a plurality of crypts or cells are well. vThe germicide, when in the form of combined in av single device, as illustrated, 75 a solution, is poured into the well through for instance, in Fig.' 1, each crypt 1 is pref- A the inlet 18 until it reaches a lsuitable level, erably in the form of a unitary structure or :as indicated, for instance, at 25, above the section, which rests upon itsfoundation or lower endo thepipe and slightly below upon an' underlying crypt, movably, and re-V 15' 'the lower end of the tubular outlet 21, after movably,` and 1s held inf'place merely by 80 which the stopper 19 is then inserted. -.When gravity, supplemented by the pipe con the stopper 19 is in place, gases may, not nection 15, which isfof a character to. Hex enter or escape from the. well 16, Aexcept or yield under a moderate stress. The,V through the pipes 15and. 2l provided for crypts are therefore free' to'chan'ge theirv '20 thatpurpose. relative positions, "to .adjust themselvesto's When two or more vertical series of crypts any r-uneven settling, ory to any ordinary or cells 1 are combined in a' single mauso-` vibration of their foundation or .of the leum or device, only a single well 16 is used, ground, or even to extraordinary vibration, andthis Well is connected with. allof the suoli as earthquakes, without fracture or 25 cryptsv or cells of each series by a separat-e other serious injury to the. crypts' 90 pipe 15,'as hereinbefore described, or in any It .is to be understood that this vinvenothersuitable manner. The valves 11 of all tion'is not limited any precise construccells- 1 notin use yare normally kept closed, tlon hereinbefore disclosed, or 'to any maand areopened only as the cells are put-into terial or materials 'from which to form the n, t crypts, or to any particular material orma- 95 In the modified .form of this invention terials for use as a germicide in the well 16, illustrated in Fig. 2, the base 3 supports as 1t -1s evident that this invention might only a ysingle crypt; 17 .and the crypt 1` as be applied in. various constructions and by shownis integral or unitary with the base 3. the use of various materials, without depart-v In the operation of thisy invention, when ing from vthe SplIlli 0f the DVeIltOil 01' lthe 100 it is desired to utilize one of the cryptsA 1, SeOpe of the appended claims. thedoor 2 of the -crypt is opened and the Having 'thus' fullyde'scrlbed this inven... corresponding valve 11 'is also opened,` the tion, I clalm and desire to protect by Let Well 16- having been charged -With suitable e'IS Ptelltf the Ul11ted Stites A f 40 disinfecting-i` rmaterials,l .as liereinbefore 1 A burial 'device comprising a series of'105 noted. After the body has been placed in umtary ,hermetlcally sealed cells-0r crypts, the crypt 1, the door 2 is hermeticallysealed Vertleally'arranged and restingon'e upon as usual. Asthebodyin the cryptgi-adir.` 'the other, a combined gas and seepa e con-y ally decomposes7 the .gasesvform'ed byy the duit, 'connectionsv betweenvv each ce and;

.45 decomposition', ftogether with any seepage Seid @enduit tf'llOllgh Which all the gas 51111110 that.thei-e may be from the-.bodies,are disseepage which may 'be formed inrany cell is charged thrugli the outlet '10,' valve 11 and COQdllCtef 't0 S'l'd f COIldQlt, -e base .1113011 discharge pipe' lf'into the deodorizing` and Whleh SdvSel`1eS 0f C eHS 1S S11I )1`ed,.Saidv disinfecting material in the well 16, Wherel bese PI'QJeClHg beyend the bottom cell of these gases and the seepage are 'deodorizedf Said SelfleS'fiIld pI 0 V1ded, With a chamber in 1'15 andr disinfecte'd; The deodorized and' dis` the PI0]eCt1I1gP0I t 1,QI1 Ofeaidbese, and IIO y infected' gases escape from the l'Well '16y Whlehtlle IWeIf eJidvefmdoolldllitfextends through the tubular outlet 2l 'into the att0 l 19021115 Heal' the bottom-of Said chambery mosphere surrounding the outer casing -20. a germlelde ,111 Sel@ .Ch l II1l 1 elf,A` and;means:;ltcl=r The closed well and its inlet and outlet 'pipes COIldllCt away gils .dellveredffrom said-5.1fi)4 15 and y21 thus ferm' a trap which, when chamber 'aftersald gsandseepagehave f charged as I''hereinbeier e described with beenacted llpon bygsadigermicide germicide insolution, or With'any suitable A burlal d evice comprising vaseries of liquid, prevents any vair from -passi'ng'up-.i unitary hermetically sealed cellsior civypts, v 50 wardly through the trap and into the crypts vertically arranged end reStiIlg-'Lbilef uii'ii 125 or "cells," but permits the escape lof gases the 945119.13 a-Icellegfrthe Serieshavin t-`-- from the crypts'under a pressure greater"A I+0m eXtellded beynd the frOnt 0 the Cell' than atmospheric pressure. It may be asto form a shelf, andthe wp 0f the Cell im-V that' after a body has been partially mediately beneath said last mentioned-cell ''or'lslllghtly decomposedfin one of the cells 1, extending beyond the front of said cell to 13d form a portion of and a support foi" said shelf, a combined gas and seepage conduit through which all the gas and seepage which may be formed in any cell is con- 5 ducted to said conduit, a base upon which said series of cells is supported, the said base project-ing beyond the. bottom cell of said series and provided with a chamber in the projecting portion of said base; and into if) which the lower end of said conduit extends to a point near the bottom of said chamber,

been acted upon by said geiinicide. 15'

In witness whereof, I have hei'eunt-o set my hand this 16th da'y of July, A. D., 1912.

SAMUEL S. BRICKER.

Witnesses FREDERICK A. BLOUNT, ALEXANDER PARK.

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